Subj : Re: Copying Files
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Arjan <arjan@ask.me>
Date : Thu Jul 10 2003 04:10 pm

When you are on Win32 I would prefer a Win3API call like

BOOL CopyFile(
   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName, // name of an existing file
   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName,      // name of new file
   BOOL bFailIfExists          // operation if file exists
);

or the variant

BOOL CopyFileEx(
   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName,           // name of existing file
   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName,                // name of new file
   LPPROGRESS_ROUTINE lpProgressRoutine, // callback function
   LPVOID lpData,                        // callback parameter
   LPBOOL pbCancel,                      // cancel status
   DWORD dwCopyFlags                     // copy options
);


and for moving:

BOOL MoveFile(
   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName, // file name
   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName       // new file name
);

or the variant:

BOOL MoveFileEx(
   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName,  // file name
   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName,       // new file name
   DWORD dwFlags                // move options
);

Consult thw msdn online for more info.

Georges wrote:
> The only way I know of copying files from one directory to another in C 
> or C++
> is to use the system command eg:
> 
> system("xcopy C:\\THISDIR\\*.DAT  C:\\THATDIR\\");
> 
> which is not very elegant as it displays a DOS window.
> 
> Is there any other C/C++ function that would to the same job ?
> 
> Georges
>

.